Romeo and Juliet | Act IV, Scene V - Page 2
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Then have at you with my wit! I will dry-beat you
with an iron wit, and put up my iron dagger. Answer
me like men.
‘When griping grief the heart doth wound,(125)
And doleful dumps the mind oppress,
Then music with her silver sound’—
Why ‘silver sound’? Why ‘music with her silver sound’?
What say you, Simon Catling?
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Marry, sir, because silver hath a sweet sound.(130)
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Pretty! What say you, Hugh Rebeck?
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I say ‘silver sound’ because musicians sound for
silver.
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Pretty too! What say you, James Soundpost?
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Faith, I know not what to say.(135)
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O, I cry you mercy! you are the singer. I will say for
you. It is ‘music with her silver sound’ because musi-
cians have no gold for sounding.
‘Then music with her silver sound
With speedy help doth lend redress.’(140)
Exit.
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What a pestilent knave is this same!
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Hang him, Jack! Come, we'll in here, tarry for the
mourners, and stay dinner.
Exeunt.
